For people like me, (bubbly when nervous, high expectations of oneself, perfectionist, slightly OCD, silly yet serious, over reacting high achievers) those inspirational quotes that people post on facebook, or that can be found on MLK cards or those white background/black writing magnets that have lots of hearts on them can be very uplifting yet equally and simultaneously depressing and naff. However, as one such person that is about ready for the sunshine to actually come out and stay out and for the snot in my household to actually be gone, they seem to be having an enormous impact (right when I thought I was smarter than that).
Some of the inspirational things I have read or seen or heard lately are here for you to ponder and also analyse (as I am want to do) but hopefully, there is one little thing written below that will help you get through the winter blues that are really getting irritating here in Melbourne (for those of you reading where the sunshine is, please bookmark this page and remember to have a read this coming January)!
* From one of those afore mentioned black/white magnet thingys -
"Open your mind, heart and arms to new things and new people, we are united in our differences. Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them... "
* From a youtube video/short film of the poet Tanya Davies' poem/song - How to Be Alone:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7X7sZzSXYs)
"Go to the woods alone, and the trees and squirrels will watch for you. Go to an unfamiliar city, roam the streets, they are always statues to talk to, and benches made for sitting gives strangers a shared existence if only for a minute, and these moments can be so uplifting and the conversation you get in by sitting alone on benches, might've never happened had you not been there by yourself.
Society is afraid of alone though. Like lonely hearts are wasting away in basements. Like people must have problems if after awhile nobody is dating them."
* From another poet/author - Eve Ensler and her TED address, "I'm an Emotional Creature"
(poem can be found here - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eve-ensler/i-am-an-emotional-creatur_b_468801.html
video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0m_kpYIiw&feature=related)
"... Don't tell me not to cry.
To calm it down
Not to be so extreme
To be reasonable.
I am an emotional creature.
It's how the earth got made.
How the wind continues to pollinate.
You don't tell the Atlantic ocean
to behave. I am an emotional creature.
Why would you want to shut me down
or turn me off? ..."
* From How to Train Your Dragon. (Spoiler alert)
When Toothless gets taken by Stoick.
Astrid: I bet he's really frightened right now, so what are you gonna do about it?
Hiccup: Probably something stupid.
Astrid: Good, but you've already done that.
Hiccup: Then maybe somethin' crazy!
Astrid: That's more like it.
(Although my actual FAVOURITE quote from this film is when the trainees are told to read the Dragon Manual...
Snotlout: Read?! Why read words when we could just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?!)
* From His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"One should always approach love and cooking with reckless abandon."
* From Saint Augustine:
"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."
* From Elvis to Jesus and a whole bunch of psychologists - a mash up of the words below:
"For contentment one needs Someone to Love, Something they Love to Do and Something to Look Forward to..."
Mine are here as an examples:
a. Someone to Love - 1. Of course my family and friends and 2. my students and 3. all the compassion for all the entire human race, however, I focus most of my happy, sad, intense, crazy, protective, lioness love onto 4. that hilarious, blue-eyed Bean I keep going on about.
b. Something I Love to do - (as there is a fine line between love and hate in lots of ways, the following all have aspects of both, because we all need balance in our lives) 1. Roller Skating/Derby, 2. Reading well written books, 3. watching great films/TV shows, 4. hanging out in the park in the sunshine and 5. planning for overseas holidays (I LOVE a good calendar/budget/website/spreadsheet) and 6. my job - I love it and I'm aware of how lucky that makes me.
c. Something to Look Forward to - 1. our upcoming Trip to the USA, although I am yet to buy our tickets because I'm waiting to find out when 2. the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be touring Australia with their New Album 3. I'm With You which is released at the end of this month.
I feel much better now.
Things The Bean has said:
1. I remain silent through the whole of the following:
TB: Mama, Do you know that little creature that has wings?
It's a bird.
Do you know that big creature that has wings?
It's a dragon
Do you know that really big creature that doesn’t have wings and goes on the train tracks?
It's a train
2. Asking questions about our USA trip at the end of the year:
i. TB: Mama are we going to San Fran Sicko
ii. TB: Where’s texta?
iii. TB: Are we going to Mississippi?
iv. TB: Why can't we go to O-why-hee?
3. Clearly the latest nursery rhyme from kinder:
TB: Mary had a little lamb,
It was soft and fluffy
Like a new lamb
It chased Mary to school one day
School one day
School one day
In a rocket
4. In bed singing songs
TB: Choose a song, Mama.
Me: Do the duck song
TB: No, I’ve already done that one
Me: Well can you do the Jelly Bean gets up and goes to the toilet and gets his slippers and dressing gown on song?
TB: Mama that’s not even a song
5. After watching a cartoon with a sunburned, albino, humpback whale ghost (I know, right?!)
TB: *whiney* Mama, I can't finish spooning my soup into my mouth because I’m a humpback whale with sunburn and my fin is hurting.
6. After grumbling about getting up
TB: I did do some wees mama
Me: Did you?
TB: Yep cause I love you all the time
7. Peeling apples
Me: Can you please starting eating the skin
TB: No, I can’t eat the skin, it’s really not healthy for you.
8.
TB: Mama I’ve run outta fire in my throat,
Me *a little sarcastically*: Oh no, that’s a real shame.
TB: But don’t worry, it's ok. I’ve still got lots of steam out of my eyes
9. The truth comes out.
Me: Do you know how clever I think you are?
TB: Lots of clever.
Me: Do you know how proud I am of you?
TB: Lots of proud.
Me: Do you know how wonderful I think you are?
TB: Lots of wonderful.
Me: Do you know how much I want to eat your face off?
TB: Not ever! if you eat my face off it might be yucky and you'll have to spit it out. *pause* You can't eat four year olds, Mama, they're yucky.
10. Lunch part 1 (aka Soylent Green?)
Me: What did you have for lunch at kinder today?
TB: We had some soup. And I had one piece of bread. *pause* and it was people.
11. Winks at me as he's walking away.
TB: Mama, I'm keeping my eye on you.
12. Lunch Part 2 (obviously another day)
Me What did you have for lunch today at kinder?
TB: We had blobby macaroni and cheese. It tasted like frogs. *pause* Mama, what's in frogs?
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